Focus: Infection Control

Best practices for laundering of healthcare textiles

Proper laundering and handling are key to maintaining hygienically-clean healthcare fabrics


Proper laundering and handling are key to maintaining hygienically-clean healthcare fabrics, according to an article on the Infection Control Today website.

A new review, based on findings and recommendations from peer-reviewed studies, as well as current standards and guidelines, is published online in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. highlighted evidence-based strategies to inhibit potentially serious contamination.

Recommendations on optimal infection-prevention strategies used during the laundering process of HCT include the following:

• Offsite laundries should carefully package or cover clean textile bundles prior to transport to prevent inadvertent contamination from dust and dirt during loading and unloading

• Laundered HCT must be stored in a manner to keep them dry and free from soil contamination 

Read the article.

 



October 9, 2017


Topic Area: Infection Control


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